From Serge Lutens, a car diffuser that uses the same cartridges as the brand's electric (home) diffuser. "Distinctive and elegant, the car scent diffuser has been designed to receive Serge Lutens at Home scented diffuser cartridge to provide an almost immediate diffusion of the chosen fragrance. Interchangeable at any time, they conjure up a memorable olfactory journey over and over again." $68 at Serge Lutens; the cartridges are $56 each.
Actor Lucien Laviscount for Kilian Old Fashioned.
Happy Friday, happy National Toasted Marshmallow Day and National Slinky Day, and welcome to Labor Day Weekend! Our community project this week: wear the fragrance you think you probably wore the most — or wish you’d worn the most — for summer 2024 (or if you’re in the southern hemisphere, for winter 2024).
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
The fragrance I wore the most this summer was an unscented lotion that I have (liberally) doctored with sweet orange and ylang ylang oils. I wear it nearly every day, often underneath whatever other fragrance I am wearing, and I usually reapply in the evening. Right now I’m wearing it underneath Jour d’Hermès…
Oak moss, a musty-smelling lichen, has historically been one of the four main components of a chypre perfume. [...] Ms. Nagel, who described the smell of oak moss as “humid,” said she wasn’t interested in using it. Instead, she used an ingredient derived from toasted oak wood.
“It smells almost like rum,” Ms. Nagel said with a smile. “Like rhum arrangé,” she added, referring to a flavored version of the liquor.
— Perfumer Christine Nagel talks to the New York Times about the new Hermès Barénia. Read more in Her Nose Sees and Feels Scents.
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